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LoadRunner Script Development Framework

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Developing a common header file with frequently used calls and variable declarations helps in effective script debugging and avoiding reworking that requires manual intervention. This header file is modified whenever there are changes in the environment or any other requests. We will be good to proceed with test executions without even needing to open the other scripts. In general, for any project, we develop scripts, create test data, and execute the scripts. During tight project schedules, we do not have time to create the data, and the synthetic data that we create might not accurately match the production environment, so we have come up with an innovative idea to fetch the data directly from the database. We query the test data from the database and execute the scripts. With custom coding in the test scripts, we are able to establish connectivity to the database. lr_db_connect There are some scenarios where it is useful to have a single header file with all the reusable functions. ...

Early Performance Testing/Engineering

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Performance testing in the early phases of SDLC delivers business benefits to the end customers in the most efficient and cost-effective way. This will also help in considering performance testing as part of the continuous integration process and not a standalone exercise late in the game. Performance Testing is the most crucial phase of any project before it is set for production to go live, and most of the performance testers will have very tight project schedules and less duration for performance testing the applications. The phase that determines the user experience, which is of high significance to the end user, will have limited time and that is the time when project go-live dates are postponed due to performance bottlenecks. Of course, the application is functionally stable by the time performance testing is planned/scheduled. The application bottlenecks/issues can be detected {can we say it needs to start from planning for performance right from architecture and design defini...